Theravada
The Ordination of a Tree
A firsthand look at the Thai Buddhist environmental movement and its activist monks.
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
A wide-ranging, readable account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.
Yasodharā, the Wife of the Bōdhisattva
Translations of two works from Sri Lanka on Yasodharā, the wife of the Buddha—an allusive and intriguing figure in Buddhist lore and literature.
Nirvana for Sale?
Explores the relationship between material prosperity and spirituality in contemporary Thai Buddhism.
On Being Buddha
What is it like to be a Buddha? Is there only one Buddha or are there many? What can Buddhas do and what do they know? Is there anything they cannot do and cannot know? These and associated questions ...